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foreign-sapphire
"Userdata directory not found" Then where the peak am I?
I installed Slime rancher successfully but when I tried to add it to steam from the app it gave me an error, after re-configuring it to my actual userdata folder for steam it still gives me this error! btw I censored my username cause it's my real name even though I told the person setting it up to NOT set it to my real name and I don't want to reinstall my entire Ubuntu set up AGAIN to change my username
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passive-yellow•6mo ago
putting aside that you really should not be using the Snap version of Steam, if you're using the flatpak version of Heroic, you don't have permissions to that folder as the snap-based folder isn't in the default permissions
other-emerald•6mo ago
Don't use the steam snap
hah you beat me to it
passive-yellow•6mo ago
foreign-sapphireOP•6mo ago
I've been using the snap version for a while and it works perfectly fine
other-emerald•6mo ago
valve themselves have said not to use it
but if you have to
passive-yellow•6mo ago
TTimo (@TTimo@mastodon.social)
Valve is seeing an increasing number of bug reports for issues caused by Canonical's repackaging of the Steam client through snap.
The best way to install Steam on Debian and derivative operating systems is to follow the instructions at github.com/ValveSoftware/steam… and use the official .deb
We are not involved with the snap repackaging. It has a lot of issues.
If you don't want the .deb, please at least consider the flatpak version.
#steam #ubuntu #snap #flatpak
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other-emerald•6mo ago
maybe you can open flatseal and give heroic access to that directory, and it will maybe work then
but for sure flatpak or native steam is better
foreign-sapphireOP•6mo ago
So how do I swap to the flatpack version? The app itself is easy but I have a few games installed plus all of my source games for Gmod content and a bunch of other stuff and im not sure how to transfer that, do I just have ti reinstall everything again?
passive-yellow•6mo ago
You can probably just copy everything from that
steam/ folder into its proper home
~/.var/app/com.valvesoftware.Steam/... once you're set up. exact folder paths are going to need to be seen when you get there
that's what I did jumping between flatpak and native installs
just make sure all the same folders are present before you start moving things aroundgraceful-beige•3mo ago
im having this problem but im on steam deck
extended-salmon•3mo ago
it must be a different problem, you can't have a
snap path failure on a steam deck, it doesn't use snap
create a new thread with the actual errors you are gettingtest message